Capsuling machine



1941- P. v. JENSEN ,228,117

CAPSULING MACHINE Filed June 29. 1939 Patented Jan. 7, 1941 y UNITEDSTATES IPA-TENT OFFICE CAPSULING MACHINE Poul Viggo Jensen, Copenhagen,Denmark Application June 29, 1939, Serial No. 281,800 In Denmark August26, 1938 1 Claim. (Cl. 226-85) The invention relates to capsulingmachines which in the raised position of the piston confor capsulingbottles and like containers, more nects the pressure chamber 2 with thereservoir particularly to capsuling heads for such machines 3 and, atthe top of the latter, is limited by a of the kind having a plurality ofcapsuling memcutting edge I4.

5 bers of mutually different size each consisting The piston has at thebottom acutting edge I5 5 of a cup made from yielding material andenwhich serves to close the channels 8 and, in the circled by a liquidfilled chamber, all of which raised position of the piston, opens aportion of liquid chambers are connected to a common the channels 8, insuch a manner that in the pressure chamber fitted with a reciprocatingraised position of the piston there is a connection 10 pressure piston.between the pressure chamber 2 and all the liq- 10 The objects of theinvention are first to prouid spaces I. vide a new and improvedcapsuling head of the When a bottle is to be capsuled, the piston 4 kindreferred to, which is easy to operate; second is turned in such a mannerthat the channel I3 to enable the capsuling member fitting the botiscaused to stand opp s e e Of the n- 15 tle, which is going to becapsuled, to be easily nels 8 for which the corresponding cup 9 will fitconnected to the pressure chamber Without fault the size of the bottleneck. When new the pisat the same time closing all the other liquid ton4 is depressed from the topmost position chambers from the pressurechamber; third to shown in Fig. 2, the piston will tend to displaceenable these operations tobe performed by means some of the liquid fromthe pressure chamber 2.

of one and the same handle, without making As long as there is aconnection by way of the 20 use of a plurality of cocks. channel I3between the pressure chamber 2 and These objects are attained by formingthe presthe reservoir 3 the liq displaced W flOW sure piston as a plugof a cock adapted for opthrough the channel I3 to the liquid reservoir.tionally connecting one single of said liquid This fiow can onlycontinue until the cutting edge chambers to the said pressure chambers.M has passed the p ding cutting edge 20 25 In order that the inventionmay be better in the liquid reservoir, after which the connectionunderstood reference should be made to the acbetween the P e Chamber 2 ad the resercompanying drawing on which a capsuling head voir 3 will beclosed.

in accordance with the invention is shown for When the piston is in itsuppermost position illustrative purposes alone, the cutting edge I5 willbe in such a position 30 Fig. 1 shows the capsuling head in frontelethat there will be free passage between the presvation, and surechamber 2 and all the channels 8. When Fig. 2 a section along the lineII--II in Fig. l. the cutting edge I5 during the downward motion Thecapsuling head consists of a casing I conof the piston passes thecorresponding cutting taining a pressure chamber 2, and a liquidreseredges 2| in the channels 8, the connection bevoir 3. A tightlyfitting pressure piston 4 is tween the pressure chamber 2 and all thechanadapted to slide in the casing I and is actuated nels 8, except theone that is opposite the chanby a spring 5 disposed in the pressurechamber nel I3, will be closed. The conditions should be 2 and tendingto maintain the piston 4 lifted. adjusted in such a manner that thecutting edge Alongside the casing I, several casings 6 are I5 will passthe cutting edges 2| before, or at provided, each enclosing a liquidchamber I, all the same time as, the cutting edge I4 passes the of whichchambers are connected to the pressure cutting edge 20. chamber 2 bymeans of channels 8. Each of During the continued downward motion of theliquid chambers I contains a cup 9 made the piston there Will only be aconnection befrom a yielding material and forming the captween thepressure chamber 2 and the particular 45 suling implement proper. Thecups 9 are of muliquid chamber I opposite which the channel I3 tuallydiifering sizes. They are maintained in is located and therefore onlythe cup 9 correin position in the liquid chambers 'I partly by spondingto the bottle will be subjected to presmeans of a bottom screw I0 andpartly by means sure and will be able to capsule the bottle.

of a plate II. I When now the piston is again moved upward, 50

In the construction shown the piston 4 con the pressure on the cup willfall at the start sists of a mainly cylindrical rod which is jourandsubsequently the cutting edges I4 and I5 on nalled in the casing I andhas a laterally prothe piston 4 will pass the cutting edges 20 and 2|jecting handle I2 by means of which it can be in the casing I, and willthereby open the con- 5 rotated. In the piston a channel I3 is providednection between all the liquid spaces I, the prescylinder having aportion filled with pressure liquid and being provided with a pluralityof ports communicating with said liquid filled chambers, respectively,and a piston fitted rotatably into said cylinder for reciprocationtherein past said ports, said piston being provided with a passage forselectively connecting any one of said ports with the liquid filledportion of said pressure cylinder when said piston is depressed in acorrespondingly selected annular position.

POUL VIGGO JENSEN.

